i think the american voters odette of gratitude to all who are willing to serve whether they win or lose. i have picked a very distinguished panel of folks to talk today from left to right. to make it convenient for you i have ceded them in a way that i think is approximately from a left to right. on my right and you're left, i will start with our first speaker but the way i am going to do it is i will briefly introduce each speaker. i will ask them the same question which is about what happened in the election and what it means and they will spend five minutes. we will go on to the next speaker and we're going to have an opportunity to do a lot of q&a. this is going to be non- partisan. we have both political parties represented and a wide range of views. you'll hear the broad spectrum. i will start with ann lewis. she is a complete superstar in strategic communication. people know her as the former white house to indications director under president bill clinton and the shining light behind a political operation of hillary clinton. let me start with ann lewis. >> thank you. as to your